Job summary
We're excited to welcome applications for HCA's to join our Bank team to support Musgrove Park & our community hospitals.
As a valued member of our Bank, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to patient care while enjoying the flexibility and variety that comes with being part of bank. We're seeking compassionate and dedicated individuals with excellent interpersonal skills to join our team.
Why choose the Bank pathway?
Career Flexibility: Work on a schedule that suits your lifestyle. Our Bank offers flexibility, allowing you to balance work with personal commitments.
Diverse Experience: Gain exposure to various healthcare settings within Somerset Foundation Trust. This diversity enhances your skills and broadens your experience.
Team Collaboration: Collaborate with a supportive team of healthcare professionals. Your contributions are integral to our patient centred approach.
Gateway to Permanent Positions: Many of our permanent staff began their journey on Bank. This pathway often serves as a stepping stone to secure long term positions within our Trust.
If you're ready to embark on a rewarding career journey and make a positive impact on patient care, apply now to join our Bank Healthcare Assistant team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.Please let us know in your application which of our sites you are interested in covering.
*This vacancy may close early upon receipt of sufficient applications.
Main duties of the job
To support and assist Registered Nurses/Midwives as a member of the nursing team and under supervision perform a broad range of activities and assigned tasks as required by the patients individualised care plans.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication & Working Relationships
- Act at all times in a respectful manner that protects and promotes patients dignity and modesty
- Carry out the duties of the role in a professional manner to patients, visitors and colleagues
- Communicate with relatives and patients and other team members in a sensitive and caring manner
- Participate and contribute to departmental meetings as required
- Accurately take and promptly pass on oral and written messages as appropriatePlanning & Organisation
- Assist the Registered Nurse by contributing to care planning and review and report all of the outcomes and any concerns of all basic patient care duties personally undertaken clearly and promptly to the registered Nurse and document as requiredResponsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment & Therapy
- Assist patients to wash and dress / or wash patient in bed or bathroom as required by their care plan.
- Perform basic pressure area care as required by the patients care plan or delegated by registered Nurse
- Eating and Drinking to assist in the preparation and serving of meals or basic food supplements. Feeding patients/ assisting them to drink and accurately recording on charts, reporting their intake to the Registered Nurse
- Help Patients to use toilet facilities by escorting patients to the toilet; assisting patients to use bedpans/commodes/bottles; empty and change catheter bags or incontinence pads according to the needs of the patients care plan and Trust policy. Record and report any problems noticed in urinary and bowel continence to the Registered Nurse.
- Assist the Registered Nurse to help patients undertake basic activities to mobilise and to regain/retain independence as outlined in the individual patient care plan
- Assist the Registered Nurse to carry out last offices, under supervision, for the deceased
- Assist the Registered Nurse by applying clean dry dressings, basic slings and splints as delegated.
- Assist the multi-professional team to prepare and support patients undergoing treatment or investigation and chaperone patients during intimate procedures as required
- Escort Patients to other wards and departments as required and as delegated by the Registered Nurse and following Trust policy.
- Assist the Registered Nurse in the admission and discharge of patients as required
- Assist the Registered Nurse in the administration of prescribed medication
- Assessment: Assist the Registered Nurse (when training and assessment has been completed) by undertaking under supervision and as delegated agreed routine basic and defined assessment activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Communication & Working Relationships
- Act at all times in a respectful manner that protects and promotes patients dignity and modesty
- Carry out the duties of the role in a professional manner to patients, visitors and colleagues
- Communicate with relatives and patients and other team members in a sensitive and caring manner
- Participate and contribute to departmental meetings as required
- Accurately take and promptly pass on oral and written messages as appropriatePlanning & Organisation
- Assist the Registered Nurse by contributing to care planning and review and report all of the outcomes and any concerns of all basic patient care duties personally undertaken clearly and promptly to the registered Nurse and document as requiredResponsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment & Therapy
- Assist patients to wash and dress / or wash patient in bed or bathroom as required by their care plan.
- Perform basic pressure area care as required by the patients care plan or delegated by registered Nurse
- Eating and Drinking to assist in the preparation and serving of meals or basic food supplements. Feeding patients/ assisting them to drink and accurately recording on charts, reporting their intake to the Registered Nurse
- Help Patients to use toilet facilities by escorting patients to the toilet; assisting patients to use bedpans/commodes/bottles; empty and change catheter bags or incontinence pads according to the needs of the patients care plan and Trust policy. Record and report any problems noticed in urinary and bowel continence to the Registered Nurse.
- Assist the Registered Nurse to help patients undertake basic activities to mobilise and to regain/retain independence as outlined in the individual patient care plan
- Assist the Registered Nurse to carry out last offices, under supervision, for the deceased
- Assist the Registered Nurse by applying clean dry dressings, basic slings and splints as delegated.
- Assist the multi-professional team to prepare and support patients undergoing treatment or investigation and chaperone patients during intimate procedures as required
- Escort Patients to other wards and departments as required and as delegated by the Registered Nurse and following Trust policy.
- Assist the Registered Nurse in the admission and discharge of patients as required
- Assist the Registered Nurse in the administration of prescribed medication
- Assessment: Assist the Registered Nurse (when training and assessment has been completed) by undertaking under supervision and as delegated agreed routine basic and defined assessment activities.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of confidentiality
- Knowledge/evidence of understanding of trust values
- Ability to be flexible
- Ability to work autonomously
- Relevant qualifications
- Healthcare career aspirations
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of confidentiality
- Knowledge/evidence of understanding of trust values
- Ability to be flexible
- Ability to work autonomously
- Relevant qualifications
- Healthcare career aspirations
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
